Posts by: John Petley

Who are the biggest losers from the Eastleigh by-election? One is tempted to say the voters of the constituency. Poor them – until a month ago, they were represented by one of the most unpleasant MPs in the House of Commons, but being having been relieved of this odious man by his admission that he [...]

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The announcement earlier this week from Alastair Buchanan, the chief executive of energy regulator Ofgem, that energy prices will rise even further is depressing news for hard-pressed British consumers. We are competing against developing nations like China for imported gas, while at the same time, several coal-fired power stations are to be shut down in [...]

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Richard Branson’s anger that his Virgin Group has lost the franchise to run trains on the West Coast Main Line is quite justified. During the fifteen years since Virgin has been running services from London Euston to Birmingham, the North West and Scotland, great advances have been made, particularly with the introduction of new tilting [...]

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